answer the bell

answer the bell

To meet a challenge with success. The phrase alludes to boxing, as boxers come out of their respective corners to "answer the bell" that signals the start of each round. This project has been a massive undertaking, but I've answered the bell by staying late every night this week, and things are progressing nicely.Stacy, you really answered the bell this semester and did some excellent research for us.

First of all, it was necessary to awaken the girl, who had fallen asleep with her face on the kitchen table; this took a little time, and, even when she did answer the bell, another quarter of an hour was consumed in fruitless endeavours to impart to her a faint and distant glimmering of reason.

Wright squares up to Cafu Santos over six rounds at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel and the unbeaten Midlands Area and British Masters cruiserweight champion says he won't answer the bell with all guns blazing.

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